An engineering approach to Software Testing and Test Automation

In the previous post I warned about possible synchronization issues while copying a complex and/or large file-folder structure. To ensure reliability of the operation performed we may verify the structure that was created. We need to answer the following questions before designing the script. Which folders and files should it verify? Which way should it verify specified object? Where [...] ...

How to create a complex folder structure by using a template In the previous post I provided code example that creates a folder and then applies security permissions on it. However, as per requirements, user folders often come with a predefined structure of folders and some files created by default. Sure, we can write script that [...] ...

In this post  I provide code snippets for SetACL tool command line automation.  Examples of command line instructions were taken from here. The code presented below is written in VBA for MS Excel. CreateUserFolder function can create folders on a local or network drive. After user folder is created, the function sets typical access permissions by calling SetACL [...] ...

Reference page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Question The question was asked here. I need to check number of text files in the folder but i dont know names Answer Checking what number of files is contained in a folder is simple. More challenging tasks would be processing files based on type or name patterns. Implementation 1. Retrieve total number of [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Use FileSystemObject.FolderExists method. Argument should be a full path string.   When to use it? Always before trying to access the folder (delete, rename, or read from) or create files in it. Note. Always release the object you created when you no longer need it. If you don’t do that then in the long [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to create a unique subfolder Description A subfolder is created based on the name pattern and a date-time stamp, e.g. “AccountSearch 2009-10-14 17-18-03″.  You can add extra steps and form the code as a function that returns full path of the newly created subfolder. sName – name pattern sFullPath - full path of the newly [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to duplicate an existing file (If you want to access the file but it’s locked) Description sFileName – name of the file to duplicate sNewName – name of created file (generated automatically), pass-back argument. Uses UniqueFilename function to generate a name for the duplicate file. Public Function DuplicateFile(ByVal sFileName, ByRef sNewName) Dim ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to generate a unique file name if the file name already exists in the given folder (That often happens, if you need to create a series of files or duplicate an existing file) Description sFileName – the “original” file name or file name template sFolderName – parent folder (full path required) objParameter – Dictionary object [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Use FileSystemObject.GetFile method to obtain a File object. Argument should be a full path string. Set FSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) Check if the file exists first. When to use it? There is a variety of utility tasks related to it: get parent folder, create another file in the same folder, create another file with the same name, [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Use FileSystemObject.FileExists method. Argument should be a full path string.   When to use it? Always before trying to access the file (delete, rename, or read from).   Does file format matter? No. It could be text file, excel spreadsheet, bitmap, binary file, – anything. Just make sure you pass into both filename and extension. Note. [...] ...